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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1899
Page
7
Wholesale clothiers Burton Mansfield and Pierce dissolve their partnership. Stock of high grade overcoats sold to R T Almy and Co at two thirds wholesale cost for cash. The sale opens Saturday at 8 a m at 590 Washington Street with select stock available to buyers at Almy's Prospect.
Hundreds of overcoats and suits listed with wholesale and sale prices. All-wool kersey and frieze coats, lining, and a range of tailored suits from imports to local makes. Includes boys wear, with large quantity, at deeply discounted rates. Store located at 590 Washington St with Saturday evening hours noted.
Foreman Murphy of Ward 8 in district street cleaning has been discharged for cause from city service. Formerly foreman of the hokey pokey plant, he was placed at the head of the West End district soon after the shooting of Foreman This.
In Middleboro on January 6 Louise Coons a 32 year old woman described as a pretty blonde died at the poor farm after taking poisonous sublimate in the house of James Burgess a prominent local figure and legislative agent at the State House Burgess is alleged to have promised marriage but denied ever doing so detailing his quiet life and large family while Coons recounted his attempts to arrange a wedding and her ensuing decline with authorities noting her troubled past and Burgesss repeated refusals to marry her
A Boston divorce court session featured uncontested cases and two notable contested filings. William Phillips accused wife Catharine Phillips of habitual cruelty, displaying scars from alleged attacks, while Catharine denied abuse. Judge Braley dismissed his libel. The Bracketts, Taleatrics artists, faced desertion and non support. Ndea Brackett seeks decree and custody. About 100 cases resolved this week under Judge Braley, the most productive sitting since the move to the Superior Court.
A two story French roofed house, left by their mother to the two unmarried daughters, passes to them equally. One daughter previously served as a school teacher while the other worked as a housekeeper.
Providence January 6 Mrs Ollie Sumner Teall asks Supreme Court for continuance of divorce case claiming she has started another action in New York. She maintains Bristol residence amid questions over residence proof and alleged collusion. Witnesses ready, including Miss Georgia Cayvan, as tensions mount.
A large consignment of shoes left Boston yesterday for Algoa Bay South Africa shipped by a major Federal street shoe jobbing house. The firm reports developing a foreign trade in their specialty of late. Last week similar consignments were sent to Helsingfors Russian Finland and Bermuda.
The Montreal mayor extols Boston harbor as superior and argues Montreal must spend millions to rival it. He contends Boston’s harbor facilities could compare with any port in America given prudent investment.
The Montreal Board of Harbor Commissioners visiting Boston viewed American dock facilities and the Charlestown Navy Yard dry dock project. They discussed Montreal’s goal to become a national port and plan substantial future investments to enhance St. Lawrence harbor facilities, with trips to subway and southern terminal venues and a meeting with Governor Walcott.
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